The World Bank (WB) in Vietnam on January 24 released a report on Vietnam’s poverty reduction in 2012 with the theme “2012 Vietnam poverty assessment - Well begun, not yet done: Vietnam's remarkable progress on poverty reduction and the emerging challenges”.
President Truong Tan Sang has asked judicial agencies to study and comment on the draft of the revised 1992 Constitution as well as judicial reform.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has said that it plans to promote tourism in Russia, aiming to welcome 300,000 visitors in 2014.
(VOV) -Vietnamese Ambassador to France Duong Tri Dung on January 23 presented the friendship insignia to Professor Michel Guillou for his active contributions to strengthening Vietnam-France ties of friendship and cooperation.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged the Government to take drastic measures to improve the prevention, detection and settlement of law violations and crimes.
Vietnam aims to reduce the rate of malnutrition in children under five from 16.2 percent in 2012 to 15.6 percent in 2013.
The number of unemployed people in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to reach 312,000 in 2013, said Le Trong Sang, Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Vietnam and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland issued a Joint Statement on the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to the UK.
A pictorial magazine, Dan Toc va Mien Nui (Nationalities and Mountain), owned by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), was launched in Hanoi on January 22.
The Vietnam fencing team will compete in seven international tournaments this year.